Earth quake: 5.5 Mw - EASTERN TURKEY

5.5 Mw - EASTERN TURKEY

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude	5.5 Mw
Date-Time	·                            22 Sep 2011 03:22:36 UTC ·                            22 Sep 2011 06:22:36 near epicenter ·                            22 Sep 2011 03:22:36 standard time in your timezone
Location	39.697N 38.668E
Depth	4 km
Distances	·                            71 km (44 miles) W (267 degrees) of Erzincan,Turkey ·                            123 km (76 miles) NNW (337 degrees) of Elazig,Turkey ·                            141 km (88 miles) E (91 degrees) of Sivas, Turkey ·                            499 km (310 miles) E (91 degrees) of ANKARA,Turkey
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 11.9 km; Vertical 5.1 km
Parameters	Nph = 90; Dmin = 160.3 km; Rmss = 1.39 seconds; Gp = 57° M-type = Mw; Version = 6
Event ID	US c0005ycv

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